23 Financial provision orders in connection with divorce proceedings, etc
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (1973 c 18) | Legislation

23  Financial provision orders in connection with divorce proceedings, etc

(1)     [On making a divorce, nullity of marriage or judicial separation order or at any time after making such an order (whether, in the case of a divorce or nullity of marriage order, before or after the order is made final),] the court may make any one or more of the following orders, that is to say—

(a)     an order that either party to the marriage shall make to the other such periodical payments, for such term, as may be specified in the order;

(b)     an order that either party to the marriage shall secure to the other to the satisfaction of the court such periodical payments, for such term, as may be so specified;

(c)     an order that either party to the marriage shall pay to the other such lump sum or sums as may be so specified;

(d)     an order that a party to the marriage shall make to such person as may be specified in the order for the benefit of a child of the family, or to such a child, such periodical payments, for such term, as may be so specified;

(e)     an order that a party

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